Nintendo's big E3 announcement

Are they trying to get the fat kids off the couch and exercise by playing games? That or they want to market to the yoga freaks out there.

I stopped listening to Nintendo's "big announcements" along time ago. Sorry but Nintendo's all washed up for me. Unless they release a new killer GameBoy, I don't see them being a major player in seasoned gaming, only in casual/weekend /noobie gaming.

MottZilla wrote:I stopped listening to Nintendo's "big announcements" along time ago. Sorry but Nintendo's all washed up for me. Unless they release a new killer GameBoy, I don't see them being a major player in seasoned gaming, only in casual/weekend /noobie gaming.

do you ever look like this when you sit in front of your computer, serious question

You see, I don't see them remaining a major player status in seasoned gaming...only in the *chuckle* casual market.

~sips merlot~

You look NOTHING like your avatar.

I'll wait for the black Wii console before I get exited. It will come out. Yes it f**king will.

Kind of interesting. I'm really hoping that if you pre-order Wii Fit, that you'll get a free Chuck Norris with it. THEN I'll buy it.

I think it has a chance to do well. I mean, look at Brain Age and Big Brain Acadamy.

Darth Marsden wrote:You look NOTHING like your avatar.

Pretty sure that isn't him.

Darth Marsden wrote:You look NOTHING like your avatar.

Are you saying you look like a storm trooper?

I think it sounds really neat, and it'll probably be huge. I'm looking forward to hearing more about. Plus the "board" or whatever you want to call it, has some promise too.

btw, anyone else catch TSA on stage demoing Phatom Hourglass at E3?

MottZilla wrote:I stopped listening to Nintendo's "big announcements" along time ago. Sorry but Nintendo's all washed up for me. Unless they release a new killer GameBoy, I don't see them being a major player in seasoned gaming, only in casual/weekend /noobie gaming.

Wow, that comment is just... y'know, I just don't see how I can respond to that without flaming, so I'll let it drop.

LOL Alex.

That's definitely me in front of my computer though.

Mottzilla is a disenfranchised fanboy who should likely be ignored in any relevant video game discussion. If he complains or argues, it won't matter, cause we'll be ignoring him anyway.

Moving forward, Nintendo's conference sucked, but Super Mario Galaxy looks to be GOTy by a mile, SSBB is still awesome, and MP3 looks to be the awesome Wii FPS we've all been waiting for. That, and Mario Kart Wii online should be sweet. Decent show for them.

I'm not ignoring Mottzilla.

Where are these "relevant video game discussions" you speak of? PureZC? Nintendo's official forums?

Darth Marsden wrote:I'll wait for the black Wii console before I get exited. It will come out. Yes it f**king will.

Yeah, who cares how good the games are. The console had better just not clash with my decorum. White with my oak entertainment center? Oh no you didn't.

Mott, what exactly is noobie gaming?

I don't want to speak for Mott when the question isn't directed to me, but since I'm in agreement with Mott, my personal definition of noobie gaming is:

"Hey, this game looks swell! I may actually play a game for a change now that I don't have to press any buttons."

DarkDragon and JMan, believe it or not, everyone isn't a Nintendo fan. Everyone doesn't think the Wii is the coolest thing since sliced bread. It's actually possible to have a different opinion.

Nintendo was once king of the hill and very much deserving of praise for various things. However now they are no longer particularly interesting with their own platform, and their IPs seem to just have the same things done to them without much improvement. It just doesn't work for me.

phattonez, by noobie gaming I mean gaming for those not particularly skilled or experienced in gaming, hence a noobie/newbie or whatever. Their approach is to appeal to those people. The problem is that's like playing with a toy designed for a 3 year old when you're 30.

I have to somewhat agree with Mott as well. Nintendo really isn't what it used to be. I was kinda expecting them to announce a couple new games instead of another add-on for the Wii. I'd much rather see more killer games come out for the actual system before I buy one.

Wii Fit isn't for you. But it's going to sell consoles anyway. Probably a lot of them. And it will help to put a positive spin on the gaming market, which it desperately needs. I probably won't get it, but I see plenty of other things that I am interested on the Wii. I definitely wanna give Galaxy and Metroid a try, but Brawl, maybe not so much.

You have to remember, you are a part of an ever-shrinking sector of the gaming demographic.

And for the record, none of the "big 3" really announced anything new and earth-shattering. Nothing that was announced over the last two days has really suprised me at all.

so not only do we have news, media, and politicians telling us we're fatasses, now gaming companies need to send subliminal messages our way too.

perfect.

also: anyone want to take bets on how long some obese motherfucker falls off the wii board thing and sues nintendo?

also2: i guess this wouldn't be GGD if you didnt have people calling other people ignorant morons because they dont agree with a gaming opinion. (ie; console wars)

also3: gg nintendo. i'm not gonna play a game i have to get off my fat obese ass for. unless it's the 'feed your face' game. (not cooking mama)

Haha, I broke my Wii Board...because I'm a fatass.

MottZilla wrote:Everyone doesn't think the Wii is the coolest thing since sliced bread.

Damn it Grasshopper, now I'm hungry and want to go make a sandwich! But you get my point anyway.

The thing that I found interesting was the speculation on what the "Big Announcement" would be. Many people honestly thought a harddrive was coming since NeoGeo would soon be here and the on-board flash memory doesn't offer much space. That or something with online service or something. By not caring about their big announcement I wasn't disappointed like those who were hoping for something actually important.

Even if they just said, surprise we have this AAA title coming out even sooner than you thought would have been better. Even though they aren't anything really new, SSBM, Mario Kart, and MP3 are all I find interesting enough.

And did anyone else think of the PowerPad after seeing this?

vegeta1215 wrote:I think it sounds really neat, and it'll probably be huge. I'm looking forward to hearing more about. Plus the "board" or whatever you want to call it, has some promise too.

btw, anyone else catch TSA on stage demoing Phatom Hourglass at E3?

Shit, that was TSA? That didn't occour to me until you just now said so, but yeah, I saw that.

Gerudo wrote:so not only do we have news, media, and politicians telling us we're fatasses, now gaming companies need to send subliminal messages our way too.

It's quite simple. If you don't eat as many calories per day as you burn, you will lose weight, I don't care how fat you are or what "genetics" are working against you. It's just a matter of how badly do you not want to be ridiculed for not being able to fit through a doorway.

If you don't want to take that step, that's your decision. But you can see how berating Nintendo because it decided to concentrate on a game that allows a fun way to make healthy lifestyle choices instead of yet another rehash of your favorite Nintendo 64 game can make you and other people in this thread look stupid.

vegeta1215 wrote:I think it sounds really neat, and it'll probably be huge. I'm looking forward to hearing more about. Plus the "board" or whatever you want to call it, has some promise too.

btw, anyone else catch TSA on stage demoing Phatom Hourglass at E3?

I saw him! Congrats to you TSA! 😃 Havn't seen you on AIM lately, whats up?

The big success that Nintendo has always had over any other system is the ability to sell. The only one that really didn't do it was Gamecube. Wii is cheap and innovative, and from what I've seen, people are more intrigued with Wii than with 360 and PS3.

I still would buy none, I don't play video games like I used to.

Nintendo should try the power glove again, maybe one that actually works.

I'm pretty excited for the big Nintendo games like Metroid, Mario, and Smash Bros, but there are also a lot of other Wii games I'm excited to play. Sadly, there aren't many DS games on the horizon that interest me - looking at the release date list on site IGN for example, it seems the DS is turning into the next GBA, as in having a library of nothing but kids games and cheap movie/tv show licensed games.

I haven't checked out many 360 games, but Assassin's Creed looks really cool, and of course RE5 is coming to the 360 in the future. If I buy another console it will definitely be a 360. (maybe after they move to 65nm construction)

Here's another Wii Fit article I just happened across, which gives some strong hints toward the identity of Nintendo's target audience these days.

http://videogames.yahoo.com/feature/e3-day-two-nintendo/522702

Note this snip from the article:

- while the other, a small plastic wheel, will launch along with Mario Kart Wii.

Hang on, what was that? Yes, in a move sure to put smiles on the faces of longtime Nintendo fans, the Mario Kart series is coming to the Wii. Only shown in video form, it's scheduled to release in the first quarter of next year, but will include online play with an as-yet undisclosed (but presumably large) number of simultaneous players. "This is not your father's Mario Kart," Fils-Aime said.

Okay, let's see... the original Mario Kart came out in 1992. That was 15 years ago.

It looks like Nintendo feels it has shifted its target audience to be a good 5 years younger since 1992, assuming the "father" wasn't a teenager when he had the kid. Sounds about right to me.

You know that's just an expression, right?

And I still can't believe that TSA used to be a part of these forums. But he's moved on with Zentendo.